Ezr 4:3 | TNotes | STEP | 4:3 The key political, religious, and tribal leaders spoke with a unified voice against the foreigners’ proposal, which would have opened the door for their idolatrous beliefs. The Jews did not want to make the same mistake as their ancestors, who were sent into exile as a result of worshiping the false gods of the Canaanites. • as King Cyrus of Persia commanded us: See 1:2-4 .

‏ Ezra 4:3

4:3 ^a The key political, religious, and tribal leaders spoke with a unified voice against the foreigners’ proposal, which would have opened the door for their idolatrous beliefs. The Jews did not want to make the same mistake as their ancestors, who were sent into exile as a result of worshiping the false gods of the Canaanites.

• as King Cyrus of Persia commanded us: See 1:2-4 ^b.